South Korea’s leading technical university, KAIST, has shown a keen interest in DTU and visited the university in Lyngby, north of Copenhagen, on Monday 26 October.
Great minds think alike. This explains the mutual interests that have developed between the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the leading technical university in South Korea, the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), located south of Seoul.
On Monday 26 October, a delegation of 11 people from South Korea visited DTU. The visit is the result of several years of increasingly closer contact between DTU and KAIST.
“We are very pleased about the connection with KAIST, and we have a great deal in common, despite the cultural differences and the geographical distance. For instance, both DTU and KAIST are very ambitious, striving to be leading technical universities in our respective regions. Furthermore, both universities have a strong focus on innovation,” says DTU President Lars Pallesen.
During Monday’s visit, the South Korean visitors presented some of their research findings, and in return several of DTU’s researchers shared some of theirs.
DTU’s and KAIST’s interests converge in a variety of research areas where both universities are making names for themselves internationally. These include, information technology, optical technology and energy and environmental research in the so-called cleantech field – i.e. research into, among other things, electric and hybrid vehicles and sustainable energy.
“We see KAIST as a strong strategic partner, and both DTU and KAIST will benefit from our collaboration. When the best minds exchange ideas and knowledge, it benefits research on both sides of the globe,” explains Lars Pallesen.
DTU has several strategic alliance partners outside Denmark’s borders, including the Technical University of Munich in Germany and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.